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Originally Posted by squirrel
Strangely, I think this is the reason that there has been so much uproar about this rule....some experienced teams have gone to quite a bit of effort to get this equipment, and have become used to having it around. It really is a great loss to have it taken away. At young regionals like AZ, no one expects it to be there, so we do without, and all goes well.
I was trying to explain this to my son last night, he couldn't see what the big deal was about update 16.
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Now that you mention that, I think that is exactly what everything comes down to. When you have regionals like UTC, which have been around for more than a decade, teams get used to fact that Team X will usually bring this tool, and Team Y will usually bring that tool, and if needed you can always ask to borrow such tool. People generally don't like giving up resources that they become accustomed to.
(It's like if you always build your robot with copious amounts of CNC parts, and then you're told you can only use a manual mill. Or if you always use a manual mill and lathe, and are told you can only use hand tools. Or if you always use a calculator to solve problems, and then are told to only use long division with a pencil and paper to find out the answer to 21554/3967 to eight decimal spots.)